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<title>BUniverse: Videos tagged intervention </title>
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<title>Youth Violence: A Community Solution</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:59:18 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Students at Haverhill High School in Massachusetts are learning new ways to curb youth violence through VIP, the Violence Intervention and Prevention program. In addition to pledging to uphold the program's mission of peace, members of VIP give presentations on violence prevention and attend training workshops on conflict resolution, leadership and public speaking.

The program appears to be making a difference, according to Emily Rothman, associate professor of community health sciences at Boston University School of Public Health. Rothman has been assessing interventions such as VIP in Haverhill and nearby Methuen  as part of a wider community initiative to stem the growth of youth violence.

Listen to Rothman talk about the VIP program.   

Learn more at sph.bu.edu/dr2010]]></description>
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<title>Public Health Minute: An Intervention to Stem India&#039;s High Pregnancy Rate</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 09:46:05 -0400</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After years of analyzing the consequences of child marriage, Boston University School of Public Health researcher Anita Raj and a team of colleagues now have grant money in hand to try to intervene to reduce pregnancy rates for girls and young women.

Despite laws against the practice, the prevalence of child marriage in India remains high, especially among rural women. Child marriage, which is defined as marriage under the age of 18, has been connected with high rates of unwanted pregnancies and maternal and infant mortality.

The proposed intervention has a new twist that takes into account the gender dynamics in India. "Counseling Husbands to Achieve Reproductive Health and Marital Equity" will be a male-centered family planning program that aims to educate young rural couples about spacing contraceptive use, delaying pregnancy and family-size decision-making. Listen to Raj talk about the intervention.

Learn more at sph.bu.edu/anitaraj.]]></description>
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